Saturday, February 9, 2008

Fixing suspension squeaks

I've been generally happy with the car - except for one thing: an increasingly annoying "popping" or "grinding" sound coming from the front passenger's suspension. The culprit turned out to be the A-arm bushings. I blogged the whole process on 914 World, but here are a few pictures. First, the A-arm before refurb:

The culprit - the old bearing and rusty bearing surfaces:

And the refurbished A-arm reinstalled:

The pops, squeaks, and grinds are all gone, and I'm going enjoy driving the car that much more...

About Me

I was a PSD Board of Education member from 1999 to 2007, and spent nearly 3 years as its president, from 2003-2005. I currently represent Fort Collins' District 5 as its Councilmember. In my private life, I'm a lead engineer with nvidia, a computer chip design company. I have converted two cars from gasoline to electric. Past hobby computer projects include Hoverball and Adventure Definition Language.